Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-10
MINNESOTA.

church at BED W ne last Thursday, Peter ".
Thompson, Of sbskopee, ard Anna henry, Of
Prairie Island, being the contracting parties.
About lC0 OF the friends were present.
The formal opening of tue Casino opera
house, at Red Wing, which has been Snder-
going a complete change during the summer,
took place Tuesday evening, Nov. 80, with a
grand ball and reception under the auspices
Of Red Wing Conmandery No. 10, Knights
Templar. |
w. r. kingsbury, an old resident OF
Winona and senior m.pber Of the firm Of
Kingsbury, Holland + Co, died at 8 o'clock
Tuesday morning Of blood poisoning. Mr..
Kingsbuiy was injured at the time the Bap-
list church burned, ty falling while removing
some furniture from the burning building.
The Burlington and Northern Railroad
company are running a line of survey through
Dodge county. The engineers crossed tie
Minnesota and Northwestern abous four
miles north OF Dodge Center, coming from
Faribault, and are trying to make Wasicia,
Mantoryille, Kassor, Rochester, Wilons, etc.
Many people are anxious 10 See them make
Dodge Center o point, and many believe they
will.
Thursday mornings train brought n awede
from the woods near Hinckley to North
Branch, with his skull broken oy a falling
tree. Drs. Stowe and Robb removed twenty
NO pieces Of bone, exposing the brain, lesv.
ing a.. irregular hole about the size OF a dol
lar In his head. The fellow IS noIvy and resi-
ing easy.
Charles North, held 10 the grand jury for
arson, succeeded In making his escape from
the county jail ct Brsinerd some time Thurs
day night. He had seen allowed the freedom
OF the corridor and managed to dig a
tunnel under the wall and work him at
through, az several prisoners did through the
summer. North was charged with burning
John ShalleI's place, at Long Lane.
The body Of Israel Ryder, who was murder.
ed By an Indian in the Proseau valley on the
night of the 10th inst, was taken 10 AallOck
titles, who had been In search OF The mmdeter
who had skipped acroas the line into Canada.
The inquest began at 10 Il. m. Friday before
the coroner, Attorney Hecenoerg conducting
the examination. 1t was shown that Ryder
had been shot while re-entering the door, sud
a verdict was rendered IN accordance with the
testim my.
Carl +. OlesoD, an old farmer residing eight
miles north Of Lake Ben,oD, quietly hauled
of bis mortgaged grain and skipped for parts
unknown, taking with him a fine team ard
light buggy, which were ~mortgseed. Olson
was burned out about a ear ago and pretend
ed to lose all be had. He gained sympathy,
and as be had a large tract OF land opened he
procured credit for everything he wanted. He
bought a steam thresher and machinery OF all
kinds, promising to pay when he was through
threshing. His neighbors kindly helped TO
haul OF his grain In the night time while he
collected threshing bills In the day. II is SUP
posed that he took with him about 81, 0OJ In
cash, and has left the machine men and mer.
chants In the tow 10 mourn for about a, 500.
Register Cowing, OF the Fergus F.ls land
tfi:e, kss received a letter from the Interior
department counter mand!ng the previous or
der opening lands for settlement, SO fer as
the lands In this district are concerned. The
indemnity lanes OF the Northern Pacific az
fectec by the previous order are all In the ter
mile grant to the Mauitoba road. The attor-
neys Of that road have been corresponding
with tie commissioner OF the general land Of
fee regarding these lands, claiming that their
opening would be an Injustice to the Mani
toba. On reference Of the matter TO the sec.
rotary Of the Interior, the latter said that the
previous order opening the LANDS was no. In.
tended to cover cases In which congressional
grants overlapped Indemnity lands; hence
the reversal Of the order.
After the repeated crimes and thefts that
have been daily committed by the Canadian
Indisne, who cross into Minnesota soil fer
the committing Of their brutal deeds, 1t ia now
high time that a general complaint was made.
, The Indian agent and others In authority
have been notified that the Indians from the
Canada side we're not only killing off oar
game, but, In several Instances, American
, trappers have visited the Roseau valley and
never returned. They were doubtless killed
by the Indians. Friday &. Hoard, a trappEr
from the upper Roseau river, oane to HaJloelS
3 for the coroner, saying that Israel RYDER, one
OF the Oldest Iodian traders, had beeR shot at
r his (Hoard's) house Sunday night at mid
night by Charles Copnass, a well known In.
dian.
NASKATo, Special Telegram, Nov. 30.-The
coroner has completed his investigation oi
the murder and suicide near Amboy. The
names OF the dead persons were James Barber
and ~Izetta, his wife. They had been married
A year and formerly lived at Abbot, iowa,
where they met Maicomb Glow of Amboy, this
county, who boarded with them for q time
last uly. When he was about to return to
Minnesota, Mr.. and Mrs. b lrber expressed a
desire to come with him, which they cid, the
? woman accompanying Glow, who cane over.
} land by team, Birber following two weeke
2 later. These three, With a son Of Glow eigh.
r teen years old, lived together IN a small
house with three rooms a nile and a half FROM
: Amboy up TO five or six weeks ago, when Mrs.
{ Minnie joiner, a grass widow and niece 81
Clovis, cam to live with them. Barber and
his wife we're continually ouarreiing, she not
wanting to live With him and showing prefer
I ence for Glow. This state OF affairs con
S 'ioued till a little over 6 week ago, when
Glow, hts son, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Barber
moved into q small shanty four mites from
a their former residence. About this time